Rewatching Invader Zim

Over the last month or so, I have been rewatching Invader Zim, a cartoon that Nickelodeon broadcasted a number of years ago. It's the sort of show a child could watch, but an adult could also watch and enjoy and love with the same childlike delight that an actual child would.

Anyway, I've decided that it's a really awesome show (actually I'd decided that before I bought the DVDs of it two summers ago). These are some of the reasons why.

1. Some of the characters remind me of people I know. I have two friends who are dating that remind me of Dib and Zim engaged in a cosmic struggle for the fate of humanity.
2. Gir.
3. The episode "Zim Eats Waffles." The thing I like about this particular episode is that pretty much the only thing that happens in the whole episode is Zim eats waffles and Dib talks about Zim eating waffles and Gir feeds Zim waffles. Waffles are good and more television should be devoted to them.
4. "The doom song."
5. "To make room for the cupcake!"
6. Mysterious Mysteries and the swollen eyeball network.
7. For some reason the show has an obsession with food. Whenever I watch Zim, it makes me not want to eat for a long time. The food looks so disgusting and the people look so disgusting as they eat. It makes me a bit sick to my stomach. But it's so truthfully funny that I like watching it too. I don't know if that makes any sense, but I guess I don't really care.
8. Krazy Taco. Gir and Krazy Taco.
9. RUBBER PIGGIES!!!!!!
10. I also enjoy that it's sci fi. There isn't enough good sci fi out there, and there's a lot of terrible sci fi out there.